Context. How protoclusters evolved from sparse galaxy overdensities to mature galaxy clusters is still not well understood. In this context, detecting and characterizing the hot intracluster medium (ICM) at high redshifts (z ∼ 2) is key to understanding how the continuous accretion from the filamentary large-scale structure and the mergers along it impact the first phases of cluster formation. Aims. We study the dynamical state and morphology of the z = 1.98 galaxy cluster XLSSC 122 with high-resolution observations (≈5″) of the ICM through the Sunyaev–Zeldovich (SZ) effect. XLSSC 122 is the highest redshift optically confirmed galaxy cluster found in an unbiased, widefield survey. Methods. Via Bayesian forward modeling, we mapped the ICM on scales from the virial radius down to the core of the cluster. To constrain such a broad range of spatial scales, we employed a new technique that jointly forward-models parametric descriptions of the pressure distribution to interferometric ACA and ALMA observations and multiband imaging data from ACT. Results. We detect the SZ effect with 11σ significance in the ALMA+ACA observations and find a flattened inner pressure profile that is consistent with a noncool core classification with a significance of ≥3σ. In contrast to the previous works, we find better agreement between the SZ effect signal and the X-ray emission as well as the cluster member distribution. Further, XLSSC 122 exhibits an excess of SZ flux in the south of the cluster where no X-ray emission is detected. By reconstructing the interferometric observations and modeling in the uv-plane, we obtain a tentative detection of an infalling group or filamentary-like structure in the southeast that is believed to boost and heat up the ICM while the density of the gas is still low. In addition to characterizing the dynamical state of the cluster, we provide an improved SZ mass estimate M500,c = 1.66‑0.20+0.23 × 1014 M⊙. Conclusions. Altogether, the observations indicate that we see XLSSC 122 in a dynamic phase of cluster formation while a large reservoir of gas is already thermalized.

XLSSC 122 caught in the act of growing up. Spatially resolved SZ observations of a z = 1.98 galaxy cluster / van Marrewijk, J.; Di Mascolo, L.; Gill, A. S.; Battaglia, N.; Battistelli, E. S.; Bond, J. R.; Devlin, M. J.; Doze, P.; Dunkley, J.; Knowles, K.; Hincks, A.; Hughes, J. P.; Hilton, M.; Moodley, K.; Mroczkowski, T.; Naess, S.; Partridge, B.; Popping, G.; Sifón, C.; Staggs, S. T.; Wollack, E. J.. - In: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. - ISSN 0004-6361. - 689:(2024), pp. 1-21. [10.1051/0004-6361/202348213]

XLSSC 122 caught in the act of growing up. Spatially resolved SZ observations of a z = 1.98 galaxy cluster

Battistelli, E. S.;
2024

Abstract

Context. How protoclusters evolved from sparse galaxy overdensities to mature galaxy clusters is still not well understood. In this context, detecting and characterizing the hot intracluster medium (ICM) at high redshifts (z ∼ 2) is key to understanding how the continuous accretion from the filamentary large-scale structure and the mergers along it impact the first phases of cluster formation. Aims. We study the dynamical state and morphology of the z = 1.98 galaxy cluster XLSSC 122 with high-resolution observations (≈5″) of the ICM through the Sunyaev–Zeldovich (SZ) effect. XLSSC 122 is the highest redshift optically confirmed galaxy cluster found in an unbiased, widefield survey. Methods. Via Bayesian forward modeling, we mapped the ICM on scales from the virial radius down to the core of the cluster. To constrain such a broad range of spatial scales, we employed a new technique that jointly forward-models parametric descriptions of the pressure distribution to interferometric ACA and ALMA observations and multiband imaging data from ACT. Results. We detect the SZ effect with 11σ significance in the ALMA+ACA observations and find a flattened inner pressure profile that is consistent with a noncool core classification with a significance of ≥3σ. In contrast to the previous works, we find better agreement between the SZ effect signal and the X-ray emission as well as the cluster member distribution. Further, XLSSC 122 exhibits an excess of SZ flux in the south of the cluster where no X-ray emission is detected. By reconstructing the interferometric observations and modeling in the uv-plane, we obtain a tentative detection of an infalling group or filamentary-like structure in the southeast that is believed to boost and heat up the ICM while the density of the gas is still low. In addition to characterizing the dynamical state of the cluster, we provide an improved SZ mass estimate M500,c = 1.66‑0.20+0.23 × 1014 M⊙. Conclusions. Altogether, the observations indicate that we see XLSSC 122 in a dynamic phase of cluster formation while a large reservoir of gas is already thermalized.
2024
galaxies clusters intracluster medium; galaxies: clusters individual: XLSSC 122; large-scale structure of Universe; astrophysics; cosmology and nongalactic astrophysics; astrophysics; astrophysics of galaxies
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XLSSC 122 caught in the act of growing up. Spatially resolved SZ observations of a z = 1.98 galaxy cluster / van Marrewijk, J.; Di Mascolo, L.; Gill, A. S.; Battaglia, N.; Battistelli, E. S.; Bond, J. R.; Devlin, M. J.; Doze, P.; Dunkley, J.; Knowles, K.; Hincks, A.; Hughes, J. P.; Hilton, M.; Moodley, K.; Mroczkowski, T.; Naess, S.; Partridge, B.; Popping, G.; Sifón, C.; Staggs, S. T.; Wollack, E. J.. - In: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. - ISSN 0004-6361. - 689:(2024), pp. 1-21. [10.1051/0004-6361/202348213]
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